The first food packaging made of laminated cardboard, which decomposes in soil in six months, was developed in Russia by the local OSQ company. According to the company, laminated craft packaging, when it gets into the ground, decomposes by 100% within six months and has no analogues in Russia. For comparison, plastic food packaging […]
Tag Archives: Russian paper sector
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Dec
Dec
SFT Group holding, one of Russia’s largest producers of paper, cardboard and corrugated cardboard has completed modernization of the Kamensk paper and cardboard mill, one of Russia’s largest paper mills, located in the city of Kuvshinovo of the Tver region, according to recent statements of the company and local media reports. Under the terms of […]
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Dec
Dec
President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia — one of the world’s biggest producers of oil and gas — is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2060. “Russia in practice will strive for carbon neutrality of its economy,” he said at an energy forum in Moscow. “And we set a benchmark for this — no later […]
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Dec
Dec
A state information system to monitor the ecological situation across the country will be created in Russia by 2024, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko told reporters in Krasnoyarsk. “We are establishing a state information system which will monitor the ecological situation online. [It will monitor] air, ground and water. We will create this system […]
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China’s imports of wrapping paper, packaging paper and paperboard reached the highest level ever, picking up by +54% to 892K tonnes in 2020. Russia, India and Viet Nam constitute the largest suppliers to China. Last year, Russia and India boosted their exports to China threefold, while Viet Nam saw a 58%-spike in terms of volume […]
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The Russian government plans to allocate 17.53 billion rubles (US$245 million) for the disposal of waste from the Baikal PPM (Irkutsk region), the recently closed iconic PPM in Russia by 2025, Part of the funds for the project will be allocated from the payment of a fine from the Norilsk-Taimyr Energy Company (subsidiary Norilsk […]
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Sep
Sep
Karelia Pulp LLC, one of Russia’s leading pulp and paper producers, is ready to start modernization of the Kondopoga PPM, a flagship production asset of the company, according to recent statements, made by the General Director of Karelia Pulp LLC Yuri Aivazov. As he said in an interview with Karelia-based Stolitsa na Onego business […]
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Aug
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ecology issue create conditions for a further growth of production of paper packaging both in Russia and Western markets, according to recent statements, made by producers and analysts. In regard of Russia, according to the Russian Association of Paper Producers (Bumprom), which unites Russian pulp and paper players, in […]
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The Russian financial corporation VEB.RF, which has recently acquired the property of the Baikal Pulp and Paper Mill (BPPM), one of Russia’s largest paper mills, plans to invest about RUB 60 billion (US$817 million) plans to establish resort real estate on the territory of the former mill. This project can be implemented with the […]
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Segezha Group, a leading Russian vertically integrated holding company in the forest industry performing a full cycle of operations from logging to advanced wood processing (MOEX: SGZH) and part of Sistema PJSFC, is continuing the construction of a pellet production facility to turn by-products and wood waste into biofuel pellets at its Sokol Woodworking Plant. […]